A Native of Bayside, N.Y., Mae Faggs Earned the Distinction of Being the First United States Female to Participate in Three Different Olympics (1948, 1952 and 1956). She Won a Gold Medal in the 4 x 100-Meter Relay at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki...

Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last president of the Miner Teachers College, before it merged with Wilson Teachers College to become part of the District of Columbia Teachers College, in 1954 in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s...

National Council of Nego Women Meeting at Bethune-Cookman College. the Founder, Mary McCleod Bethune, Is in Front Row Center; The Present President, Dorothy Height, Is Second From Left on the Back Row and Eva Bowman Is at Far Right on Front Row.

President Eugene Clark had major concerns over the inadequacy of library facilities and collection. During the 1930s, The school's accreditation by the American Association of Teachers Colleges (AATC) was jeopardized because of these deficiencies,...

The athletic program at Miner was generally limited through its entire history, especially in the area of intercollegiate athletics. Athletics was still underdeveloped in 1933. At the time, there was a lack of athletic tradition and support for...

The Centennial play was intended as part of a week-long celebration of what Eugene A. Clark, President of Miner Teachers College, referred to as â€œa hundred years of educational effort by recapitulating the story of significant characters,...

This building was named in honor of Annie Day Robinson Shepard, devoted wife of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University for her contributions and years of service to the students and the university. Mrs. Shepard wrote...